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      <h4>What is Grecozia?</h4>
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      Grecozia is a world in which its inhabitants have the involuntary ability to affect the environment with their emotions. It is comprised of four unique regions--Nikanor, the Polynices, Solon City, and Ismene Forest. Each region is emotionally separated from the others, resulting in various societal struggles. 
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      <h4>How did Grecozia become this way?</h4>
      Long ago, the world of Grecozia was a vastly different land. It was once just like the world we know today. Mountains, rivers, forests, and other natural elements populated the landscape, but these were not existent <i>because</i> of those living in Grecozia. </p>
      <p>The people of Grecozia were initially a smart and kind people. Gradually, however, their society began to slip. Its citizens began excessively relying on emotion to run their daily lives; little thought or logic was put in to important decisions. This eventually became part of the culture. People would waste money on things they didn't need, avoid working jobs, and generally shirk everyday responsibilities.</p>
      <p> The Gods, all-powerful beings presiding over Grecozia, didn't like it. They wanted their humans to learn that living only by emotion is greedy and that it can have remarkable effects on others. They did this by forcing the environments to gradually transform into symbolic reflections of the people's emotions. This &quot;punishment&quot; has been in place for several decades now, but the Gods are still waiting to see the results of their work...</p>
      <p><h4>What about religion?</h4>
      Many of Grecozia's people do believe in the Gods that so changed their world. Nikanor is a region atop the summit of a mountain in which monks of this religion, devout in their studies of the Gods and their relations with the world. On the other hand, the residents of Solon ignore all religion&dash;&dash;no matter how miraculous the world is. They choose not to accept religion because of its tendency to evoke emotion (see <a href="cityinfo.html">Major Cities</a> for more information).
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